Stillwater, OK is located in Payne County and is a part of the third largest metropolitan area in Oklahoma. It is home to many state institutions such as Oklahoma State University and Northern Oklahoma College. The city is under the jurisdiction of the Payne County Commission Board, which is composed of five members that are elected locally every four years. Payne County also has a local government with its own county court, sheriff's office, and other departments. The Stillwater City Council consists of seven members who are elected every four years as well. All local political candidates for both the county and city need to be registered with the Payne County Election Board before they can appear on an election ballot. The politics in Stillwater, OK are interesting and diverse, as citizens from all walks of life have a stake in their local government and can be active participants in shaping their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 74078 (Stillwater, OK) is leaning conservative.
Payne County, OK is moderately conservative. In Payne County, OK 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Payne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 36.8%.
Payne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74078 (Stillwater, OK) is leaning conservative.
Stillwater, Oklahoma is leaning conservative.
Payne County, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Stillwater Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Oklahoma is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Stillwater, Oklahoma: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 74078 (Stillwater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $5,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)